Hay and grain loader and carrier.



E. PAULSON.

HAY AND GRAIN I UADER AND CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I9. l9l5.

Patented June 27, 1916.

Patented June 27, 1916.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

E. PAULSON.

HAY AND GRAW LOADER AND CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.19. 1915.

E. PAULSDN.

HAY AND GRAIN LOADER AND CARRIER.

u APPUCATION F|LED FEB. 19, |915- 1 .Il 88,986. Patented June 27, 1916.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3- E. PAULSON.

HAY AND GRAIN LOADER AND CARRIER.

Pafentod June 27, 1916.

n malin/lullin APPLICATION FILED FEB- I9. I9I5.

ZzZfzemsea tion taken on the irre UNITED STATES PATENT oEEioE.

" IERLAND PULSON, 0F EMERSON, NORTH DAKOTA.

HAY .AND GRAIN LOADER .AND CAIRBIER.

- 'Appucatinniearebmaryie,1915. seriainaazse Specification of Letters Patent. Batented J une 27,1916.'

To'all whom it may concern.' i

Be it known' that I, IERLAND PAULSON, a

citizen ofthe United States, residing at Emerson, in the county'of Dunn and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Im rovementsin Hay and Grain Loaders and arriers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to m'ake and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in hay and grain loaders and carriers, ofthe type generally designated as buckers, and isin the nature of an improvement or modiiication of my co-pending application 'filed November 2nd, 1914, under S. N. 869,800.

To the above end, generally stated, the invention consists of the `novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter' described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, likecharacters indiL cate like parts throughout the several views. Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved loader and carrier, some parts being indicated in different positions by means of brokenlines, some.

parts being broken away and some of the exposed parts being, shown in sections; Fig.- 2 is a plan view of the improved loader and carrier; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the improveddoader and carrier, on an enlarged scale, some parts being broken away and some of the exposedparts being shown in section ;-Fig. 4 1s a longitudinal vertical seclar line X- of Fig. 2, on an enlarged scale, some parts being broken away and some parts being indicated in `different positions by means of broken lines; Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section taken on the line X'L-X .of

Fig. 2, some parts being brokenaway'and some parts being indicatedin different positions by means of broken lines; Fig. 6 is a detail view, artly in elevation and partly in section, taken on the line X- of Fig. 5, on an enlar ed scale; Fig.'7 is a detail view in plan ta en in the vicinity ofthe arrow markedon Fig. 5, on an enlarged scale,

some parts being broken away; Fig. 8 is a detail view partly in side elevation and partly in` vertical section taken on the line XS-Xf of Fig. 2, on an enlarged scale, some parts being broken away; Fig. 9 is 'a plan View o f the parts shown in Fig.- 8; Fig. l0

is a detail view `partly-in side elevation and partly lin vertical section-taken on the line Xfo-Xlf of Fig; 2, oni an enlarged scale; Fig. 11 1s vadetail view, partly in elevation and partly 1n vert1cal section taken on the .line X11- X11 of Fig. "2, on an enlarged scale; Fig. 12 is a transversevertical section taken on the line X12-X12 of Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale; and Fig. 13 is a longitudinal horizontal section' taken on the line K13-X of Fig. 1on an enlarged scale.

The truck frame of the improved hay and I grain loader and carrier is in the form of a horlzontal push pole 1, the front end of which is in the form of a fork 2. The push pole 1 is constructed from. -a pair `of horizontallyvspaced forwardly divergingangle bars 3, the vertical -anges o f whlch are turned toward each other, as best-shown in Fig. At its forward end the push pole 1 1s rigidly secured to the intermediate portion of a relatively long, transversely extended angle tie bar 4, the ends of which are rigidly secured to the prongs 5 of the fork 2, at the junction of its head 6 therewith.

Transversely extended platform sills 7 con# neet the rear end portions of the frame bars i '3 and support a relatively small platform 8.

To the marginal ,edge of this platform y8 is -secured'an angle iron, the vertical 'flange of which extends above said platform and affords a guard 9.

and the members thereof bent so as to converge rearwardly and their inner endsfare rigidly secure, one to each of the frame bars 3. Extended parallel to each fork prong 5, but spaced horizontally inward therefrom is a Vsupplemental vfork prong 10. The front ends of thesesupplemental fork prongs 10 are connected to the respective fork prongs 5 by angle bars 11 and the rear end portions thereof are rigidly secured to the tie bar l The fork head 6 is transversely divided and the fork head 6..

The fork 2 of the truck frame is supported by a pair of axially alined wheels 12 mounted, one between eachfork prong 5 and its supplemental fork prong 10, as best shown in Fig. 2. Each wheel 12 is mounted on a short axle 13, journaled in bearings 14 on the respective fork prongs 5 and 10. The rear end portion o the push pole 1 issupp'oted Vby a single steering or 'castery wheel 15, journaled in a oei/ter bracketk16. The-shank 17 of the caster hraket 16 has a rectangular socket and is aled 'in a bearing head 18, rigidly secured to and between' the frame bars 3 and projects above the platform 8. A collar 19 on the shank 17 is held in position by a set screw 20 and prevent-s said shank from moving downward in the bearing head 18. f- Mounted in the socket of the shank 17 is a square steering post 21 on the upper end of which is secured an operators seat 22. As shown in Fig. the set screw 20 extends into the socket of the shank 17, impinges against the post 21 and holds the operators seat 22 supported on said post in different vertical positions above the platform 8.

The machine is steered by an operator sitting on the seat 22 with his feet resting onA the platform 8. Obviously, the operator, by throwing his weight to one'side or the other of the machine may oscillate the steering post 21 and hence the wheel 15 to guide the machine.

On the periphery of the wheel 15 isV formed a rib or flange 23 which cuts into the ground and prevents said wheel from sluing.

The machine is pushed in front of the draft animals attached to :i pair of whiflle trees 24 secured to a draft equalizer 25. This draft equalizer 25 is attached to the machine by a clevis 26 integrally formed with a cross-head 27 mounted, for a limited sliding movement, between and upon the vertical flanges of the frame bars 3 under the platform 8. The cross-head 27 is se,- cured in its two extreme positions by a gravity held lever 28 having a pair of reversely formed lock lugs 29, arranged to engage opposite ends of' said cross-head. The lock lugs 29 are lifted out of'engagement with cross-head 27 by a foot lever 30, fulcrumed on a bearing 31 secured to the platform 8 and attached to the lever 28 by a short link 32. The purpose of thus attaching the draft equalizer 25 to 'the truck frame will. presently appear.

If it is desirable to use four horses instead of two for pushing the machine another pair of whiflle trees 33 may be added by increasing the length of the draft equalizer 25. As shown the length of the draft equalizer 25 is increased by detachably connecting thereto supplemental sections 34,. to which the whiflle trees 33 are attached.

Supported from the truck frame, below the fork 2 thereof, is a pick-up platform in the form of a substantially horizontal, forwardly projecting fork. This pick-upplatform comprises a multiplicity of laterall spaced pick-up bars or teeth 35, a roei shaft 36, laterally spaced side boards or runners 37, and an angle tie bar 38. The pick-up teeth 35, as shown, are tubular in form, have cast points 39 secured in their forward ends and have their rear end portions bent to curve upward.- As shown, the

rock shaft 36 is in the form of an angle bar and the ends of the pick-up teeth 35 are seated directly against one flange thereof and the other flange thereof rests directly on top of said teeth and is secured thereto by U-bolts 40. The pick-up teeth 35 rest directly on the horizontal flange of the tie bar 38, at points substantially where said teeth start to curve upward and are secured thereto by U-bolts 41.

A plurality, as shown four, of laterally spaced, two-part flanged hubs 42 embrace the rock shaft 36 and are rigidly secured thereto, by nut equipped bolts 43 passed radially through said hub and the vertex'of said rock shaft. The flanged h'ubs 42 are journa-led in bearing straps 44 secured to the tie bar 4 of the truck frame. The rear end portions of the runners 37 are suspended from, and rigidly secured to the rock shaft 36 by angle brackets 45 (see Fig. l). These runners 37 are also rigidly secured -to the ends of the tie bar 38.

To the forward end of each supplemental fork prong 10 is rigidly secured a channel post 46, the flanges of which are turned toward each other. Braces 47 connect the channel posts 46 to the fork prongs 5 and the respective flanges of the channel posts 46 are connected, at their intermediate portions, by a pair of horizontal tie bars 48. Diagonal brace bars 49 connect the tie bars 47 with the post 46 at points above and below said tie-bars. The outer or free end portions of the pick-up platform are raised and lowered and supported in different vertical lpositions by a latch lever 50, a cooperating lock segment 51 on the plat form 8, and a cable 52. This cable 52 is connected to the lever by a relatively lon eye bolt 53. This eye bolt 53, at its hea end, is slidably mounted in a swivel block 54, secured to the lever 50 and its eye orI head affords a stop to limit the sliding movement of said bolt towardthe front of the machine. Swiveled on the threaded end of the bolt 53 is a T-block 55, having a pair of diametrically opposite perforations. The cable 52 is secured, at its intermediate portion, to this T-block by passing its ends through the perforations therein. (See Fig. .7). The nut 56 on the bolt 53 affords an abutment for the T-block under a drawing action on the cable 52. The ends of the cable 52 are extended forward between a pair of guide sheaves 57, journaled on bracket 58 secured to the frame bars 3 (see Fig. 2). From the guide sheaves 57 the cables 52 are extended in reverse directions transversely of the machine, and over uide sheaves 59, from thence toward the ront of the machine, over guide sheaves 60 and attached to the front ends of the runners 37. The guide sheaves 59 are journaled in bearin 61 on the rear end portions of the supp emental fork prongs l and the guide sheaves 60 are journaled in the webs of the channel posts 46 and bearing brackets 62, secured to outer faces of said webs. y

One end of a cabley 63 is secured to the eye of the bolt 53 and 'the otherl end thereof, is

secured to the clevis 26. The intermediate' portion of this cable 63 runsover a guide sheave 64 journaled tothe frame bars 3 to the rear ofthe cross-head 27. Obviously,

this cable 63 will permit the pick-up platform to be tilted by means of the hand lever 50, or incase the load on the pick-up platform is too heavy to be raised by hand, it may be operatedby horse power. In the latter case the foot lever will be pushed downward to raise the lever 28 and release the cross-head 27. When the cross-head 27 is released thepulliug strainon the draft equalizer 25 is shifted from the truck frame directly on to the pick-up platform tilting f connections: Under `this pulling strain the eye bolt 53 will slide rearward through the swivel block 54, thereby raising the front end of the pick-up platform through the cable connections 52. The free ends of the runners 37 striking the'fork prongs l0 af-v ford stops to limit the forward sliding -movement of the cross-head 27 on frame bars 3. When the cross-head 27 has reached the limit of its forward sliding movement, the

head 27, the pick-up platform and its load -is held in' an elevated position. -A box 65 lock lug 29, on the free end of the lever 28, drops back of said cross-head and thereby. holds the same against rearward sliding movement. In this position of this crosshaving an open top, bottom and front. is secured to the yframe fork 2 and affords a three-sided receptacle 4for the hay or gra-in on the `pick-up platform.

i To the runners'37 are secured side boards or plates 66 which work 'ust outside of the side of the box 65 and a ord depending ex- 71, journaled to the right hand frame bar 3,. and attached to the forward end4 of 'a brake tensions of the sides of said box.` A bottom plate 67 is secured on -top of the pick-up teeth 35 and extends from the rock shaft 36 to the tie bar 38. This bottom plate 67 preventsthe butt ends of the shocks and the hay from working through the pick-up teeth 35.

The movement ofthe improved hay-and grain loader and carrier is controlled by.

brakes, arranged to be set on the peripheri'es of the wheels 2, at will,`by the operator. The brake shoes 68 are pivoted on the short arms of a pair of .llell cranks 69 pivoted to the fork prongs 5Y The' long arms of the bell cranks69 extend rearward and each has attached thereto a cable`70. These cables 70. are extended toward each other, assed over a pair of vertically spaced guide s eaves rod 7 2. The rear end of thsfhrake rod 72 is attached to aehand lever 73, fulcrumed to a latch segment 7 4' having ratchet like teeth with which'said lever is adapted to engage by a lateral springing action. @Coiled springs 75, surrounding the cables 70,' are compressed between the long armsof the bell crank 69 and the supplementall prongs 10 and yieldingly hold the brake shoes y69 out of the engagement with the wheels 12.

In bucking a load of hay, lax or ashock of ain, the same is packed into the box 65 an Asupported onthe pick-up latform. To

revent the Yload from falling orward, there v1s provided a vertically movable gate, comprisin a cross-bar 76. and a multiplicity of atera yv spaced dr'plending tines or ong pointed teeth 77. ese tines 77 are passed vertically downward through perforations in the cross bar 76 and their up er ends are bent laterally to afford heads w ich engage the cross-bar7 6 and prevent said tines from beingA pulled therethrough. A f channel plate 78 is bolted over this upper edge of the cross-bar 76 andy prevents the tines 77 from working up through said cross-bar: On the lower edge -of 4this cross-bar 76 is a reinforcing vplate 79 and through which plate the tines 77 project. The ends of the crossbar 76 terminate-'short of the' post 46 and have bolted thereto horizontally extended U- shape straps 80, .the prongs of which embrace the cross-bar 76 and the transverse portions of which extend into the channels of the .post 46 and guide the cross-bar 76 for Avertical sliding movement.-

The gate 7 6-7 7 is'raised and lowered by cables 81 and 82 simultaneously with the raising and lowering movements of the pickup platform but in reverse/directions thereto; in other words, whennlhe pick-up platform is lowered, the gate is raised and when tions, when the pick-up platform is lowered.

the gate will be raised at a greater s eed than the movement of the pick-up plat orm and when the pick-up platform is raised, the

' gate will be lowered.

To remove the load from the machine, the same is deposited on the ground by lowering the-pick-up frame, raising the gate and then backing the machine away from the load. 4

In case all of the load is not removed from the pick-u platform by this method, there is provid a stripper by the use of which the load may be positively forced from the pick-up platform. As shown, this stripper comprises a pair of bars 85 extended transversel of the pick-up teeth 35 and connected by en bars 86 and crossed tie bars 87. The forward lends of the end bars 86 have se- A cured thereto, sleeves 88 slidably mounted on i is anchored to the ground by a pair of heavy teeth 89, the heads of which are bifurcated and the prongs thereof pivoted to the sleeves 88. These anchor teeth 89 are arra ged to turn into operative positions undier the action of gravity and to dig into the ground under the backingaction of the machine, thereby anchoring the stripper and allowing the pick-up platform to move away therefrom. Under Vthis action, the remaining hay or grain on the pick-up platform will be carried therefrom by the stripper. The teeth 89 are held raised and in operative positions by a pair of branch cables 90, attached to a main cable 91 arranged tol be wound on a windlass drum 92, secured to a crank equipped shaft 93, journaled in the platform 8 and a bearingr 94, secured to the right hand frame bar 3. The shaft 93 1s held against rotation in a direction to cause the cable 91 to unwind from the drum 92 by a ratchet wheel 95, secured to the shaft 93' and a coperating dog 96,'pivoted to the platform 8. The branch cables 90 run through guides 97, secured to the tie bar 4 and the main cable 91 runs through a guide 98 on the right hand frame bar 3.

Operation: The pick-up platform is pushed ahead of the draft animals and the machine is steered by the operator in a manner previously7 described. In bucking a load of hay, flax, or a shock of grain, the pick-u platform and gate are setas indicated, liy full lines in the drawings. Under the advance movement of the machine, the pick-up teeth 37 pass through the lbutt ends of the sheaves of grain, close to the ground. lVhen a sufficient load of hay or grain has been accumulated on the pick-up platform, the operator draws the lever 50 toward him into a position as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5. This movement of the lever 50 through the connections 52 and 53 raises or ktilts the pick-up platform and lifts the load thereon from the ground; at the same time lowering the gate. The picking u of the hay or grain and lifting the same rom the ground is all accomplished without stopping the advance movement of the machine. If the load on the pick-up platform is too heavy to be lifted by hand, the cross-head 27 may be released by pressing downward on, the foot lever 30, thereb causing the draft equalizer to be pulled fbrward under th'e pulling strain of the draft animals and the pick-up platform and its load lifted through the connections 52, 53 and 63. As previously stated, the pick-up platform and its load is held raised, by the engagement of the tooth 29, at the free end of the lever 28, with the cross-head 27. To `lower the load on the pick-up platform, it is only necessary to step on the foot lever 30, to lift -the engaged tooth 29 out of engagement with the cross-head 27, and allow the said platform to drop, under the action of gravity. The lowering movement of they reaches its full line position, as shown in The load on the machine may be carried to a threshing machine, stack or barn. To remove the loadfrom the machine, the same is deposited on the ground by lowering the pick-up platform, raising the gate and then backing the machine away from the load. In case all of the hay or grain is not removed from the pick-up platform, the stripper may be used in a manner previously described. When the load is removed, by means of the stripper, the teeth 89 are lifted out of the ground, after the load is discharged, by tilting the pick-up platform in 'the manner previously described. Then by rotating the shaft by the crank 93, the cable 91 may be rewound on the drum 92 to return the stripper to the rearof the pick-up platform and raise the teeth 89 into inoperative positions.

When the load is to be stacked or lifted into a hay loft, the same maybe dropped directly on to a hay sling, thus 'avoiding any pitching whatsoever. The gate box 65,

side boards 66 and bottom plate 67, all co-v operate to prevent any of the hay or grain from dropping from the machine or being blown therefrom while the machine is traveling with the load, thus preventing any waste whatsoever.

What I claim is 1. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with a Wheel supported frame, of a pick-up platform mounted on the frame, a' draft device movably mounted on the frame, connections from the draft device for lifting the pick-up platform and for for holding the same in a lifted position,4

ing the pick-up platform independently of ...Y-abutment oiisaid connection for liftin 'the draft device.

1,1ss,ese 5 holding the same in a lifted position, and 7. In a machine of the kind described, the common means for locking the draft device combination. with a wheel supported frame, to the frame in its two eXtreme positions. of 'a pick-up platform mounted on said 2. In a machine of the kind described, the frame, a stripper slidably mounted on said combination with -a wheel supported frame, pick-up platform and having a pivoted of a pick-up platform mounted on the ground engaging anchor tooth, and comframe, a draft device movably mounted on mon means for holding'said tooth in an 'in'' the frame, connections from the draft device operative position and for returning said for lifting the pick-upplatform, at will, and stripper to its normal position.

for holding the same in a lifted ositin, 8. The combination with a wheel-supcommon means for securing the dra t device ported push pole having a fork-like front in its two extremev positions, and a lever opend, of a pick-up pllatform mounted on said erative on said connections, at will, for liftpush pole below t e prongs thereof, means ing the pick-up platform independently of for raising'and lowering said pick-up platform, a vertically movable gate mountedI on 3. In a machine of the kind described, the the prongs of said push pole, and conneccombination with a wheel supported frame, tions including differential pulleys operated of a pick-up platform mounted on the by the raising and lowering movements of frame, a draft device movably mounted on said pick-up platform for moving said gate the frame, connections from the draft device in reverse directions to the movements of for lifting the pick-up platform, at will, and said pick-up platform. f

9. The combination with a wheel-supmeans for securing the draft device in its ported push pole having a fork-like front two Lextreme positions, a lever directly operative on said connections,rat will, for liftush pole below the pro/ugs thereof, means or raising and lowering said pick-up platthe draft device, and means for locking the form, a vertically movable gate mounted 0n lever in a position for holding the pick-up the prongs of said push pole, a differential platform lifted. pulley, a cable attached to said pick-up 4. In a machine of the kind described, the platform and arranged to be wound upon combination with a wheel supported frame, one face of said pulley, and a second cable end, of a pick-up platform mounted on said 0f a piek-up platform mounted on the attached t0 Said gate and. arranged t0 be frame, a draft device movably mopnted on wound upon the other face of said pulley. the frame, connections from the draft device 10. The 'combination with a wheel-supforlifting the pick-up platform, at will, and ported push pole having a fork-like end, of an operating lever directly engageable, at a pick-up platform mounted on said push will, with said connections for lifting the pole below the prongs thereof, means for pick-up' platform independently of the draft raising and lowering said platform, channel device. posts secured to the prongs of said push 5. In a machine of the kind described, the pole, a vertically movable gate comprising a combination with a wheel supported frame, Cross-bar, headed tines passed downwardly of a pick-up platform ,mounted on the through the perforations in said cross-bar, frame, a draft device movably mounted on and a channel bar embracing the upper edge the frame, connections from the draft device .0f said cross-bar and covering the heads of for lifting the pickup platform at will, said said tines, and means for moving said-gate connections having an abutment, and an opin reverse directions to the raising vand erating lever engageable, at will, with tlle lfowering movements of said pickup platt e orm. pick-up platform independently of the raft\ 11. The combination with a wheel-supdevice. ported push pole having a fork-like end, of 6. In a machine of the kind described, the a pick-up latform fulcrumed on said; push combination with a wheel supported frame, pole for ti ting movement below the [rongs of a pick-up latform mounted `on the thereof, and a box, open at its top, ottom frame, a draft evice movably mounted on and front, secured to the fork-like front end the frame, connections from the draft device -`.of 'said ush pole.

for lifting the nick-up platform, at will, 12. T e combination with a wheel-supsaid connections having an abutment, and an ported push pole;having a fork-like front operating lever havmg an abutment throu h end, of a pick-u platform fulcrumed on which said connections are free to slide m said push pole lor tilting movement below one position of the lever, the abutment on the prongs tl elbf, a box, open at its top,

the lever arranged to engage the abutment bottom and front, secured to the fork-like4 frontI end of said push/pole, and side plates .carriedby said pick-up platform and form mg depending extensionsl of the sides of said box.

oh the said connections during the move ment of the lever for lifting the pick-u platform, at will, independently of the dra t device. i

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13. The combination with a Wheel-supi ported push pole having a fork-like end, of

10 form and forming depending extensions of the sides of said box, and a bottom plate secured to said pick-up platform in the vicinity of its rock shaft.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ERLAND PAULSON.

Witnesses:

HARRY D. KILGORE, H. D. MUCHART. 

